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I, Witness

By: Niki Mackay
Narrated by: Camilla Rockley,Karen Cass,Peter Noble,Sarah Ovens,Zoe Grisedale
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Summary

They say I'm a murderer. 

Six years ago, Kate Reynolds was found holding the body of her best friend, covered in blood, and clutching the knife that killed her. 

I plead guilty. 

Kate has been in prison ever since, but now her sentence is up. She is being released. 

But the truth is, I didn't do it. 

There's only one person who can help: Private Investigator Madison Attallee, the first officer on the scene all those years ago. 

But there's someone out there who doesn't want Kate digging up the past. Someone who is willing to keep the truth buried at any cost. 

Robert Galbraith meets Susie Steiner in this gripping debut from Niki Mackay. 

©2018 Niki Mackay (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Limited

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I'm floored!

First of all, as a fellow writer, I was impressed with Niki's skill to weave vocabulary and dialogue. Her points are concise with a flow that is easily followed. This too had much to do with the excellent manner the narrators handled the different chapters and voiced the character's perspectives they played. It gave the story a fun dynamic that you get while watching a film and made the bouncing perspectives between chapters that much more entertaining to listen to.

When I started this novel I wasn't sure what to expect. In all honesty, I don't really read crime novels, but I decided to give this one a try. The beginning was jarring and left me curious to see where the author planned to go. And as the story contined, and we are introduced to the characters, they were relatable and interesting and not at all over the top (which I've had problems with for many typical crime novels where the characters are often very underdeveloped to push the mystery of the murder plot forward like pawns on a chess board.) That wasn't the case with these people, and I found myself caring for most of them (even some that would typically not merit sympathy.)

As the plot unfolded, the author left crumbs of possibilities to who the murderer could be. I usually grow bored by the last half having already figured out who the killer is and am waiting for the rest of the characters to catch up, but there were so many twists and turns in this novel that I can say that I didn't fully piece it together until the actual characters did, and that is quite a thrill!

The wrap up was also very fulfilling leaving all points of the story neatly tied up and a sense of finality to read the conclusion. I am pleasantly surprised just how much I enjoyed this story and will definitely be reading more from this author in the future.

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Gripping

If you like a thriller that grabs you on page one and doesn't let go until the final page, this is the book for you. Great characters and excellent narrators which makes all the difference.
Take it slowly and savour every word, I'm wishing I hadn't finished now. Great first book......

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Strange choice of narrator

I got to Chapter 9 and then just had to return. Why choose a narrator with a speech impediment and who is completely monotone? Characters all had the same dull voice and same tone! I gave 3 stars for overall and story because I can't say for sure whether it was good because I was constantly distracted by the person narrating Madison.

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Wooden delivery kills this

The story is ok but the delivery by the narrator for the detectives parts was distractingly wooden and also too fast. I found it hard to follow the story at times, playing sections back and slowing sections down. It's the first audio book I've listened to where it sounded like the narrator was reading as opposed to performing and was in a rush to get the project over with.

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Dark, but gripping

This story is quite enjoyable, but some parts are very dark, as you would expect from the subject matter.

I would recommend it, lots of twists as more background and information becomes unveiled.

The performance was good too, the story is told from several viewpoints, and each of the narrators is good at their characters.

It is not earth shatteringly original, but it is gripping, and I honestly can't think of a single negative.

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Fantastic!

I really enjoyed I, Witness. The story had me intrigued from the very first page. I felt really engaged with Kate and with several of the other characters. Great storyline, well developed characters and excellent narration.

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Amazing

Really great, would recommend!
Lots of twists and turns.
Keeps you on your toes throughout xx

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I Witnwss

I love listening to novels whilst working in my garden. However, the prolific use of the “f” word I found offensive and aggressive. I was too embarrassed to listen to it outside my house. Three of my friends bought this book and two said they were disgusted with the language used and stopped reading it. I have a large social network and know of no one who uses such language. A good story is all that is required. The odd expletive is tolerated but why are so many authors using such vile language?

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Weak and pointless with dreadful Narration

I have listened to this book for two hours but can’t bear to listen to any more. The narration for Madison Atalee is absolutely dreadful. Wooden and flat and frankly painful. The other narrators weren’t too bad but her chapters are dreadful. This aside, the story is weak and unconvincing. Altogether pointless and annoying. A waste of a credit. I wouldn’t recommend.

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Interesting, good narrative.

Easy flowing narrative with enough drama and who? What? Why? to keep it very interesting until the end. Personally speaking I really enjoyed the book and see some good potential in the characters depicted for further instalments.
It mostly lost points to me because of certain parts of the narration.
Although the narration was good for the most part, although the actor playing Madison speaks far too quickly and it's a little difficult at times to understand which other character is supposed to be speaking. I do believe her voice is good as the lead P.I. I just don't think I could listen to a full audio book with just her as narrator as she doesn't voice act the other characters, maybe this was the way it was directed? We are very lucky to have such amazing voice actors now that things like the about sometimes bother me, I turned the speed down to 85% which helped a little.
Don't let it put you off it is narrated by four others as well so it's not a complete deal breaker.
I do hope to read more from Niki Mackay this is a very good first impression.

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